Rant - DVdoctor forums...

What the hell were those behind the forums thinking of, attempting a
total rebuild of a working forum on the eve of NAB (one of the biggest
video, NLE, broadcast event of the year), knowing that many companies
are releasing / announcing their latest products at this event and
that many people around the world will be reading such web sites to
gain an insight - are they trying to drive people away to 'competing'
forums ?!...

IMO it's crass stupidity. :~(

On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:02:48 +0100, ":::Jerry::::"
wrote:

What the hell were those behind the forums thinking of, attempting a
total rebuild of a working forum on the eve of NAB (one of the biggest
video, NLE, broadcast event of the year), knowing that many companies
are releasing / announcing their latest products at this event and
that many people around the world will be reading such web sites to
gain an insight - are they trying to drive people away to 'competing'
forums ?!...

IMO it's crass stupidity. :~(



as a lowly moderator there , i too was taken by surprise.

BUT

if you read what is there you will see that the change is an enforced
change to allow migration to a new server area and new software.

the poor quality interconnect from it to the new server is causing
major problems , not least of which is data migration to the new
server.

yopu can find all the release info over on hexus.net @
http://www.hexus.net/content/reviews/dvdoctor_list.php

the server will be back online asap ..... it is better than the last
time where the server died and the backups , weren't due to server
admins having not done a recent backup ( i.e. the providers , not the
forum admins )


define a competing forum ?

i have yet to find one where bad products are named and shamed and
where major players from system supply companies willingly help out
customers and non customers.

Gary MacKenzie
Audio Visual Technician / Video Editor

On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 15:43:18 +0100, gary mackenzie
wrote:

On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:02:48 +0100, ":::Jerry::::"
wrote:

What the hell were those behind the forums thinking of, attempting a
total rebuild of a working forum on the eve of NAB (one of the biggest
video, NLE, broadcast event of the year), knowing that many companies
are releasing / announcing their latest products at this event and
that many people around the world will be reading such web sites to
gain an insight - are they trying to drive people away to 'competing'
forums ?!...

IMO it's crass stupidity. :~(



as a lowly moderator there , i too was taken by surprise.

BUT

if you read what is there you will see that the change is an enforced
change to allow migration to a new server area and new software.

the poor quality interconnect from it to the new server is causing
major problems , not least of which is data migration to the new
server.

yopu can find all the release info over on hexus.net @
http://www.hexus.net/content/reviews/dvdoctor_list.php

the server will be back online asap ..... it is better than the last
time where the server died and the backups , weren't due to server
admins having not done a recent backup ( i.e. the providers , not the
forum admins )


define a competing forum ?

i have yet to find one where bad products are named and shamed and
where major players from system supply companies willingly help out
customers and non customers.

Gary MacKenzie
Audio Visual Technician / Video Editor



http://dvdf.hexus.net/

new forum(s) are up and running
Gary MacKenzie
Audio Visual Technician / Video Editor

"gary mackenzie" wrote in message
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On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:02:48 +0100, ":::Jerry::::"
wrote:

What the hell were those behind the forums thinking of, attempting
a
total rebuild of a working forum on the eve of NAB (one of the
biggest
video, NLE, broadcast event of the year), knowing that many
companies
are releasing / announcing their latest products at this event and
that many people around the world will be reading such web sites to
gain an insight - are they trying to drive people away to
'competing'
forums ?!...


as a lowly moderator there , i too was taken by surprise.

BUT

if you read what is there you will see that the change is an
enforced
change to allow migration to a new server area and new software.
snip

Thanks for the reply Garry, it was just the timing that got me (48 hrs
before NAB), I know that a lot of improvements are taking place, I
think Bob et al are going to have the last laugh over Highbury...

BTW Garry, what's your take on the Adobe / Macromedia story ?

On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 17:33:49 +0100, ":::Jerry::::"
wrote:



Thanks for the reply Garry, it was just the timing that got me (48 hrs
before NAB), I know that a lot of improvements are taking place, I
think Bob et al are going to have the last laugh over Highbury...

BTW Gary, what's your take on the Adobe / Macromedia story ?




ok , an even better url : forums.dvdoctor.net

1. oh i think last laughs have already been had ..... there isn't much
FUTURE in HIGHBURY ...... though i do feel sorry for many of the staff
still at Highbury.
some of the best are already elsewhere , deputy editor of
computervideo has a new job with another company ( Real Networks )

2. well i'm sure that adobe will do unto macromedia what they have
always done ...... nick any good ideas , dump the rest and now charge
even more for products.

only time will tell , but i think users will need very large cheque
accounts for upcoming software ...... though adobe can't blame
macromedia for incompatibilities from now on , and flash will no doubt
be a video output format.

On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:02:48 +0100, ":::Jerry::::"
wrote:

What the hell were those behind the forums thinking of, attempting a
total rebuild of a working forum on the eve of NAB (one of the biggest
video, NLE, broadcast event of the year), knowing that many companies
are releasing / announcing their latest products at this event and
that many people around the world will be reading such web sites to
gain an insight - are they trying to drive people away to 'competing'
forums ?!...

IMO it's crass stupidity. :~(

Before peope start screaming , DVDOCTOR is offline due to a server
problem.
It will be back asap .......
They are not the only servers unable to be connected to today , so may
be outwith their control.
Gary MacKenzie
Audio Visual Technician / Video Editor

"gary mackenzie" wrote in message
...
snip

Before peope start screaming , DVDOCTOR is offline due to a server
problem.

Brewery, up and **** come to mind ! :~(

At least they had a month old back-up so not all is lost....

On Mon, 09 May 2005 22:17:49 GMT, ":::Jerry::::"
allegedly wrote:

Brewery, up and **** come to mind ! :~(

Good grief, they give you a heads up, and still you bitch and moan.

gary mackenzie wrote:
On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:02:48 +0100, ":::Jerry::::"
wrote:

What the hell were those behind the forums thinking of, attempting a
total rebuild of a working forum on the eve of NAB (one of the
biggest
video, NLE, broadcast event of the year), knowing that many
companies
are releasing / announcing their latest products at this event and
that many people around the world will be reading such web sites to
gain an insight - are they trying to drive people away to
'competing'
forums ?!...

IMO it's crass stupidity. :~(

Before peope start screaming , DVDOCTOR is offline due to a server
problem.
It will be back asap .......
They are not the only servers unable to be connected to today , so
may
be outwith their control.
Gary MacKenzie
Audio Visual Technician / Video Editor

outwith. now there's a word that gives away where you're from. ;-)
Thanks for the info.

Doc

On 10 May 2005 07:41:21 -0700, "Dr Hfuhruhurr"
wrote:


outwith. now there's a word that gives away where you're from. ;-)
Thanks for the info.

Doc


And proud of my heritage.

Now if only we can retrieve what was lost...........